Music-rack.



PATENTED MAY 17, 1904.

A. BELDIN G.

MUSIC RACK. V APPLICATION-FILED MAB. 9, 1904.

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ATTORNEYS Y UNITED STATES Patented May 17', 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

MUSIC-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,299, dated May 17, 1904.

Application filed March 9, 1904. erial No. 197,254. (No model.)

To all whom it may con/(367%:

Be it known that I, AMANDA BELDING, a citizen of the United States, residing in Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Music-Racks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and nse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to devices for holding music and the like in the open position while being used; and it has for its object to provide a simple, easily-operated, and comparatively inexpensive rack, which when in use can lie flat against a permanent rack, as of a piano, and which when not in use can be packed in relatively small compass, so as to be carried in the pocket.

1n the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the device, and Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line it a: in Fig. 1.

The device has substantially the form of the letter H and is preferably made of light but strong sheet metal. The horizontal part of this H-shaped body comprises integral lateral projections a a of vertical parts b. One of the projections 61/ is formedwith lugs c, which are bent over and overlap the edges of the projection a, thus serving as a guide to the latter. The projection a is formed with a longitudinally-disposed cut-out portion (Z,

which acts as a spring-tongue adapted to overlap the projection to, as seen in Fig. 1, and so hold the parts of the rack in any position to which they are horizontally adjusted. The tongue is formed with two bends e f, one of which at least is always in contact with the outer face of the projection a, and as a further guiding means the projection a is formed with spaced longitudinal ribs madapted to form a guideway for the tongue (l. Provided only with the lugs e as guides the parts of the rack might have undue up-and-down play on each other if it were not for the spring tongue (Z, which by always having one at least of its bends of engaged between the ribs g of the projection a coacts with said lugs to stop such action.

Each vertical part 7) is provided with an extension member it, adjustably connected therewith in the same manner that the device as a whole is made adjustable laterallythat is to say, by means of lugs a', formed on the parts 7) and overlapping the edges of the members It, and spring-tongues cut out of parts Z) and overlapping members it and engaging the latter between longitudinalparallel ribs l: thereon. The tongue jis preferably formed with two bends Z m. the same as and having the same function as the bends c f of the tongue d.

The upper ends of the parts 2') and the lower ends of the extension it are formed with hook portions 01.. These are designed to take over the edges of the leaves of the music, book. or the like and hold the same against its tendency to close. They are preferably bent back only far enough to prevent self-closing of the book, but not so far but that the leaves may be readily turned without being torn by said hook portions.

When out of use, the device can bereduced to small compass either by collapsing it to its smallest limit of size assembled or by separating the various parts and placing them part for part and face to face together.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A rack for music and the like consisting of two main sections having a sliding engage ment the one with the other for adjustment horizontally, each of said main sections comprising subsections adjustable vertically on each other, substantially as described.

2. The combination of two substantially parallel sheet-metal parts having lateral projections overlapping each other and having a sliding engagement the one with the other, and members constituting vertical extensions of said parts and having a sliding engagement therewith, substantially as described.

3. The combination of two substantially parallel sheet-metal parts formed with hook portions at their upper ends and having lat- In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of [0 March, 1904.

AMANDA BELDING.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. STEWARD, ALMA BELDING. 

